Gaku Saito
CEO
'Feb. 19 - Joined Cryptact as Co-CEO
'May. 10 - Jan. 19 ＊＿Goldman Sachs Investment Partners＿＊
Worked as a portfolio manager in GSIP, a multi asset hedge fund, and managed USD800M portfolio. The main investment strategy was equity long/short in listed companies based on a fundamental approach building financial models. Also, invested in equity derivatives, bond/CDS, FX and mezzanine loan products.
'Apr. 07 - Apr. 10 ＊＿Goldman Sachs - Asia Special Situations Group＿＊
Executed over US$500M investment in non/sub-performing loan portfolios, private equities, real estate portfolio and vessels portfolio. Participated in a number of sponsorship auctions on bankrupt real estate developers.
'05 Bachelor of System Innovation Engineering, The University of Tokyo
'07 Master of Environmental & Ocean Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Amin Azmoudeh
Managing Director
After graduating with a BS in Computer Science and a BA in Japanese from the University of Maryland in 2003, Amin joined Goldman Sachs Tokyo as the sole technologist of Tokyo’s GSPS team, a principal strategies unit managing the firm’s capital. In 2005 he changed careers to become a financial analyst with GSPS and in 2007 transferred to GSIP (Goldman Sachs Investment Partners) as part of the spin-out of the team into GSAM. As a financial/analyst and portfolio manager, Amin managed listed/unlisted equities, bonds, swaps, interest rate products, foreign exchange, derivatives as well as overall risk management. He was promoted to Managing Director in 2013 and retired from Goldman Sachs on December 31st, 2017 to found Cryptact.
Shunsuke Masuda
Managing Director
Shunsuke has spent his nearly 20 year career as a technologist/developer in several of Japan’s largest securities companies. In 2006 he joined Morgan Stanley Tokyo developing systems for mutual funds, investment advice and asset management. In 2010 he joined Goldman Sachs to develop overall trading, investment and risk systems for GSIP (Goldman Sachs Investment Partners). Shunsuke graduated from Shinshu University with a Master’s Degree in Information Technology. He also attended the Faculty of Science program at Kyoto University and holds an MBA from Waseda University’s finance program.
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